The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Alexander Childs finished 581st of 887 men in the Open division at Lisboa 2026, in 1:31:06.
Legs and stations told different stories: 63% of the field beaten on the runs, 19% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 10:22 slower than the median. A harder second half: 10:59 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Lisboa cost the whole field time: about 1:22 more than the average race this season, going by 572 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:55Running 1 3:15v median −0:31
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Block 02 7:25Running 2 4:10v median −0:33
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Block 03 9:55Running 3 4:54v median −0:10
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Block 04 10:22Running 4 4:57v median −0:08
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Block 05 9:41Running 5 5:07v median −0:06
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Block 06 7:20Running 6 5:13v median +0:04
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Block 07 9:52Running 7 4:57v median −0:11
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Block 08 22:57Running 8 5:38v median +0:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:48
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 878
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 878 men who finished.